TEPCO seeks more govt. financial assistanceThe operator of the defunct Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is asking the central government for additional help in covering the costs of compensation and decontamination of areas hit by the nuclear disaster.

Tokyo Electric Power Company announced its new management plan for fiscal 2013 and 2014 on Wednesday.

In the plan, the utility says it wants to set up an office in Fukushima Prefecture with more than 4,000 employees to oversee compensation and nuclear decontamination efforts. It will serve as a Fukushima reconstruction headquarters. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] .